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L~OUIS APPELT, Editor.: MANNNIG. S. C., AUG. 19, 1993. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: one year -......--.....----- ...- - - -- -- Six mnths ....................... - 5 Four montl .-.---..................... ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time. $1: each subsequent in sertion. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes Respect charaed for as regular advertisemenIS Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. No communication or a personal character will be published except as an advertisement Entered at the Postofiice at Manning as Sec ond Class matter. A STRAINED COMPARISON. "Charleston will never submit to com p ing with the present provisions of the dpensary law, because it is not suited to its mixed population, but we believe if the Legislature could give that city a license system with dispensary regula tions, not as those regulations are now, but somewhat modified, the law would be enforced. We do not think ita wise policy to have a law on the statute books which the people of a community do not i want, and which they believe is damag- j ing to t h e i r interest."--MANNING TIMES. The above idea is capable of being still further extended. There is a class of people in this State who do not seem to submit to the present law against appropriating another's goods. Why not have the Legislature amend the law for their benefit so that they may help themselves at the store and smokehouse without penalty? They will never submit to the present law against stealing.-Aiken Journal and Review. The Aiken Journal and Re view comparison is rather far fetched, "appropriating of an other's goods" is stealing and is forbidden by both, the divine and statute laws; morals as well as well as public policy makes stealing a crime and punishable, but when the State assumes to take from the citizen a traffic and monopolizes the profits therefrom, the State is on record as favoring the traffic in liquor, and therefore cannot set up.the claim of virtue. Public policy is its only claim, and we cont that if the dispensar -is a failure in a co ity, it is in the interest ublic policy to enact a 1 ich will meet with the a val of the people in munity. arleston's population is dif ferent from any other in the State; it is a seaport town where comes the nations of the world, bringing with them their native customs and habits, and when it has been thoroughly demonstrat ed that the present dispensary system cannot work successful ly, in our opinion there should be a means devised to give that community a law suited to their conditions. All of this stuff about a law that is good enough for Aiken is good enough for Charleston, is pure rot. The dispensary has injured Charleston in many ways; take the tourists alone< wherefrom that city received much benefit, and it will be found the income from that source alone has fallen off as toundingly. It is the pecuniary injury done Charleston which keeps up the opposition to the law, and it would be the same in -Aiken if similar conditions ex isted. We favor the dispensary law in communities where such a law is suited to the people, and1 in this county it is the best li quor regulation we have ever .had and we would oppose any interference with it, notwith standing our favoring the law, here, we would oppose it in a community -where it has been demonstrated to be injurious to the business interests, and where the moral interests have not been enhanced. THE TIMES takes pride in claiming it is the people's paper. It has labored hard to guard the people's :interests, and in doing1 so we have incurred the displeas- 1 ure of some, but it has not de terred us in our work. We have unceasingly pointed out what we thought to be against the farmer and have given our best counsel. Now we want those who read THE TIMES and believe that it has been a true servant for the people, to note carefully who are1 advertising in THE TIMEs. Those who are using our advertising space are the actual supporters to the paper, for without the ad vertising it would be impossible to run, and we think our friends should, if they wish to support and hold up our hands, patronize those who support their paper. For some time this paper has lived in spite of the boycott of a t few business men in this town and it can continue to live with out them; the boycotters, how ever, receive some of the benefit of our work for the upbuilding of Manning's trade, which, if our friends were to feed them with the same spoon they feed us, they would not get. They would be given to understand if they cannot support the people's pa per they are not entitled to the people's patronage, as the people can get all they need from mer chants who do support the peo ple's paper. If you agree with1 us and you need a suit of clothes look over our advertising col-1 umns and make a mental note of who you will buy from. The same applies to dry goods, shoes, groceries, hardware and every- I thing else. In patronizing those who refuse to patronize THE TIMEs, you simply encouraget that gang to throw obstacles int the way of this paper, you help those who are fighting us for no other reason than the position *we have taken in the interest of the people. If THE TIMES is the people's paper, then the people should not gi~ve patronage to those who would break down their jona.n "Paxville" has had a talk with lepresentative Lanham who con :inced him that "the dispensary noney appropriated f o r jail yuilding does not in any way af ect the school fund." No, it did .ot take one cent from the fund s true, but instead of taking one thousand dollars faom the dispen sary to put in the jail, had they put it in the school fund, the chools would have received '1,000 more to run on. We con :end that the dispensary money vas Dromised to the public ;chools, and the repsesentatives hiould have directed it to go here instead of the jail. especial v since they have increasd the ax levy for jail purposes. The ;chools need money far more so ;han the jail is needed, and when chool-promised money is taken :o build a jail then in our opinion -he schools are affected if the und is not. Catarrh Cannot be Cured ith LOCAL APPLICAIos. as they cannot each the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a lood or constitutional disease. and in order to ure it you must take internal remedies. Hall"s jatarrh Cure is taken internally.and acts direct v on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's atarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was rescribed by one of the best physicians in this ountry fer years. and is a regular prescription. t is composed of the best tonics known. com ined with the best blood puriders. acting di 'ectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect -ombination of the two ingredients is what pro. uces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh 'end for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Tuledo, 0. Sold by druggists. price 75e. Hall's Family Pills are the bes t. "Prophet" Comes Again. ditor The Manning Times: In THE TIMES of August 5 I read an pistle signed by J. H. L., in which the vriter consigns "Prophet" and his ig lorant set to the regions of eternal larkness,-a place I don't think he is fit o go until he repents some. My brick nust have hit him a hard blow to bring uch a howl of rage and to set him' to igging in the graves of dead men like ampton and Manning to find some hing to cast at the "Prophet." J. H. E,. must be the man who wants people o look up to him as the embodiment of ealth and wisdom in his community, ;hat cast his vote and voice against the muse of education or my brick could 2ot have hit.-htm. In his abuse of Pro ht'-he said he had no brains, td ;bat fools never die; it was not pedsary for him to say this, for his pistle is abundant proof that he has 2o brains and that all the fools are not lead Yet. "Prophet" knows that he is ?oor and ignorant, bit I am not so ig iorant as to take what one man says in rHE TIMES as an excuse to hurl schem .n dishonesty and dirt at a majority of he best men we have at Pinewood. J. E. L. must be full of dirt himself or 2e would not cast it so freely at other eople. He tells us that Hampton was ihe greatest leader the world ever saw. rhis is a broad statement. Mr. Editor, s you well know. I would never think >f entering the broad field of the world in search of an equal of Wade Hamp on when I could find his equal and suerior in the Southern States. I have ae'ver read of anything great he has ver done to entitle him to such great istinction He captured twvo thousand bead of beef cattle from Gen. Grant's rirmy in Virginia during the war, but my good fox hunter like he was could bae done the same thing. Louisiana md other Southern States with lead ars like Hampton came from under the :'ule of the negro like we did in '76. Eamton as onr leader in '76, assisted > such men as the Butlers, Garys, illmans and "Prophet." he redeemed ur State from negro rule and the peo le gave him all the of~ee and honor hey could bestow on him and now 'hen bis friends dip into our tax money 0 the amount of ten thousand dollars o build a monument for him not a vord of protest comes from "Prophet" r any of his ignorant set that J. H. L. ~vould send to the regions of darkness vith his God and blood-given right to rot. He will pat J. M. Barwick and he Graham boys on the back as long as be do his bidding, but let them assert heTillman-given right to vote as they ~lease and he will consign them to the egions where it is said that ice don't reep. With such men as D. W. Brown, J'. WV. Weeks, J. R. Grimin, Dr. M. D. lurray, B. B. Broadway and others I :ould name voting in favor of our school ax, this writer tells us that such men is Dr. P. M. Sally. P. H. Broughton, with the Richardsons, Grahams and L. N. Barwick cast their votes against cheming dishonesty and dirt. Mr. Editor, how many intelligent readers of THE TIES do you suppose svill accept this statemet of his as the :ruth? I think the number will be pre 3ious few. He seems to be a man that .s well filled with that low aim in life :hat Brother Clyde told us was a crime gainst God and man, for he and his ~olowers have voted against the school rom the time the district was formed o the present and I expect he will con inue to do so with his God and blood riven right to vote that he boasts of. e had better keep "Prophet" out of he Legislature if he can, for if I get a hance at him I will relieve him of the lut of voting my poor, ignorant kin gainst the cause of education under he pretense of resenting scheming dis ionesty and dirt in the school election it Pinewood. This ignorant ape of aristocracy tells is that "Prophet" threatens to disfran hise our brightest, most esteemed and n the past most honored families, re rale them to the rear on the "nigger." Prophet" thinks that J. H. L. had >etter take the time he spends in fight og our school in trying to pull some of is brightest, most esteemed and hon >red friends not many miles from Pine vood off a seat with the "nigger" that 'Prophet" and his following had noth ng to do with putting on. Mr. Editor, please tell your "pickup" orrespondent at Pine wood, "Buster," hat he had better quit using the 'Prophet's" name with Booker Wash ngton or he might not be able to ride is Uraguy goat when it arrives at Pinewood. .Yours truly, "PROPHET." Pinewood, S. C., Aug. 12. 1903. P. S.-Mr. Editor, I am glad to see hat you are putting your pitchfork in enator Tillman, for I think he de ierves it. It was such bullheads before he war as he is that have put the South etween the devil and the deep sea vith our present race question. Better Than Cold. "I was troubled for several years with :hroni indigestien and nervous debili ,v," writes F. J. Green. of Lancaster, 'Z. H. "No remedy helped me until I >egan using Electric Bitters, which lid me more good than all the medicines ever used. They have also kept my vife in excellent health for years. She as Electric Bitters are just splendid o female troubles: that they are a rand tonic and invigorator for woak, 'n down women. No other medicine an take its place in our family." Try hem. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaran eed by The RI. B. Loryea Drug Store. It costs at least ten times as much to ive according to the requirements of shion as it does to live according t2 he demands of nature. "Slab's" Ruminations. Editor The Manning Times: In my last ruminations, I said some thing about a big gun that had been fired up North somewhere, and how heavy that gun must have been loaded. from the great number of people it had hit and wounded. Well sir, I tried hard to describe that gun. but I didn't half way do it, and I don't believe any body but them fellows that shot it can do it. There has been more groans. grunts and growls in the tobacco ware houses in South Carolina this year. caused from the firing of that everlast ing tobacco trust gun, than ever any living man could count. And I tell you Mr. Editor, if I was the man manipula ting that trust, I wouldn't consi.pr South Carolina a safe place to hive in just now. And if the tobacco men in South Carolina were to give a big bar becue dinner and invite the head trust man down here as an honored guest, to make a big speech and explain to us wool-hatters why it's necessary to squeeze the very gall out of us, I just bet you a quarter he wouldent come. No sir he wouldent come, if we was to pay his way on the railroad. I just tel you what's a fact sir, it ain't right for those men just because they have the money, to run the bull over us that way. And I tell you something else, they have sure run the bull, the cow, the calf and a whole drove of heifers over us this year, but my mind tells me they won't need near as big drove of bulls to do the job next year as it took this year. No sir: if things goes on this way it won't take but a mighty lit tle drove of small yearlings to do do the job next year. I look for that English American tobacco trust to sell out and quit the busines after this year, and if they don't, they will be the biggest set of fools that ever fed on green grass. Mr. Editor, you reckon they ain't got sense enough to see that they are kill ing the very old goose thats been laying so many golden eggs for 'em so long? They are stealing a mighty big lot of hard earned dollars in South Carolina. They may call it business now, but when they appear before old Peter, I don't believe their idea of business and old Peter's idea is going to agree exactly. Now, Mr. Editor, Ican't believe the warehouse men are doing what they might to help the farmer. They too are helping to kill the goose that lays the eggs. The warehouse men are right here among us, and many of these are, or used to be tobacco farmers and know what it takes to raise a crop of tobacco. Knowing this, it does ieen like when the trust runs the price away down below the cost of production that the warehouse men might help us to bear at least a part of the burden. They know, and we farmers know that they charge us too much for selling our tobacco. But the law allows them that much aad of course they waut it. By showing something like a liberal "give and take" spirit and share the burd with the farmer by cutting off at least a fraction of the expense attached to marketing the weed they would not only foster the tobacco industry, but would show the farmer that they were on our side, and wasn't taking sides with the trust. As it stands now it looks like the warehousemei and the trust have locked horns to clean up the tobacco farmer. But as I intimated before thats the end of the busines. However, as a kind of warning note I would say that a tobacco warehouse wouldent do its basses much aood with out tobacco to sell on their floors; and the tobacco trust men, no matter how much more they have got can't make a merchantable quality of tobacco out of oak leaves. Alright! The tobacco far mer just simply cannot raise tobacco at the present prices. And that just means that somebody is going to run out of a job if things don't improve. "Yon can fool some men sometimes but you can't fool all the people all the time." That's true as gospel. Now a word or two to the merchants of Clar endon county and if the merchants out side of Clarendon want to listen, O. K. Merchants, whose side are you on? Where do you stand? Are you witni the men that gives you your meat and bread, and keeps something on your backs, or are you with the trust? There ain't any half-way ground, you must be somewhere. You may snife and turn up your noses at the idea of a poor wool hat cuss keeping your business running, but kill the farmer and where will you stand. If you are on our side stand for us and show your appreciation of past patronage by simply cutting loose from the trust. You, the merchants of the Uuited States can kill the American Tobacco Company as dead as a herring. How can you do it? By simply steering clear of it and not bnying a pound of their tobacco; unless they treat the far mer right. We farmers are an amiv~ble set of fellows and wouldent hurt the hair of a cat unnecessarily. We don't want to hurt the American Tobacco Co., if they will tote fair, and dont want the merchants to do it if they can avoid it. which they can. The merchants are organized and if they-, would officially notify the American Tobacco Co.. that they would have to deal fair or loose their patronage the dog would be dead. Merchants, you can do it. Won't you do it? For the sake of the suffering ill treated farmer, who is always yougr friend, won't you come to his rescue in this his time of need? If some young and energetic set of business men were to open up a tobacco store in Manning and let it be widely known that they would not handle trust goods, and would deal fair and square, it wold take 75 clerks to keep the cus tomers satisfied. Chewing and smok ing tobacco can be bought outside of the trust, and why don't somebody try Mr. Editor, Uncle John is chock full of this thing but for fear of the waste basket. will desist; but more soon. JOHN SL~aB. Eat All You Want Persons troubled with indigestion or dspepsia can eat all they wvant if they will take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. This remedy prep~ares the stomach for the reception, resention, digastion and as simulation of all the wholesome food that may be eaten, and enables the di gestive ~organs to transform the same into the kind of blood that gives health and strength. Sold by The R. B. Lor yea Drug Store. ?axvlle News. Editor Thec Minninr Times: The Connor Mounted Rifles returned home Saturday after a week of ideal camp life in Camden. Miss Sophie Huggins has returned home from Rlichland wher'e she has been visiting relatives. Misses Eva Curtis and Elma Ged dings have returned home from Manning where they have been attending the summer school. Mrs. J. N. Br'own, Jr., spent last week visiting in Columbia and Camden. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. II. Curtis are away on their annual summer trio. Mrs. T. P. Brown and Miss NJarion Huggins spent last Tuesday in Man A SUBJSCR1BER. Pax ville, Aug. 19i 1903. Boy Cured of Colic After Physician's Treat ment Had Failed. My boy when four years old was taken with colic an~d cramps in his stomach. I sent for the doctor and he injected morphine, but the child kept getting worse. I then gave him half a teaspoon ful of Cnamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and in half an hour he was sleeping and soon recovereb. - F. L. Wilkins. Shell Lake. Wis. Mr. Wilkins is book-keeper for~ the Shell Lake Lumber Co. lFor' sale by The R. rTB.va Lornc lruStore Isaac M TLovcn. The Farmers at Davis' Fall in Line. Editor The Manning Times: At the meeting called at Davis Cross Roads today at 4 p m a temporary or ganization of a Farmers Club was effected. Mr. J. M. Davis was chosen chair- . man, and in general terms announced the object- of the meeting. The main object mentioned was to unite the farmers in the marketing of their crops. Owing to the tact of their being an idiiportant church meeting nearby. the ri meeting was called late, -and not as large an enrollment. of names was had, as was expected. Thirty nine were put ?F upon the list. There will be another meeting Sat arday the 22nd iost., at 4 p i at the Cross Roads academy, when a perma nent organization will be effected, and the future scope and character of the club will be more fully outlined. To this meeting, true blue, simon pure farmers are invited. This club will not try to turn the world over by January. It will have. in the language : of an eminent statesman, "a hard and stumpy road to travel" but will get there. There is Irish blood, German blood, French blood, Scotch blood and good old Erglish blood on its lists, and they are winners all. The good that a club of this kind can accomplish, when wisely directed, is unlimited. The interests of t0e farm ers of this community embraces a great deal more than appears at frst sight. It is too early to say further what is contemplated by the club, too much blowing may amount to a very little showing. Yours truly, THE SECR.ETARY. Summerton, Aug. 15 1903. Potent Pill Pleasure. The pills that are potent in their ac tion and pleasant in effect are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. W. S. Phipot of Albany,Ga., says "During a billious at tack I took one. Small as it was it diid me more good than calomel, blue-mass or any other pills I ever took and at the same time it effected me pleasantly. Little Early Risers are certainly an ideal pill." 'Sold by Toe R. B. Loryea Drug Store' Oakland News. Editor The Manning Times: A severe wind, rain and electric storm passed over this section last Thursday evening doing much damage to crops, trees and land, and in one in stance reported, loss of life. Lightning struck the house of Wash ington Polite, colored, instantly killing his wife and two children. The wind blew down many trees and leveled cotton and corn and tobacco with the ground. The accompanying rain was very heavy measuring on an average over three and a half inches in a little over an hours precipitation. All crops are short. Throughout the to growing season the weather has been unfavorable. It was cold in April and May, very wet in June, and very dry throughout July. Two damaging hail storms passed over this section in June, ruining early planted tobacco. Begin ning with July commenced a drought for over five weeks. The .,:eld of corn cannot be more than 60 per cent of an average crop. Cotton may make S0 per cent of a crop. Tobacco is 50 per cent off, and owing to the poor prices it brings the prG- j ducer, there is widespread determin a tion to not plant it again is expressed. The pea crop is good. Fodder har- 1 vesting has commenced, though most of the corn forage is being harvested for shredding and baling. Cotton is opening rapidly, and labor is extremely scarce. Our farmers have no local represen tative at State Farmers Institute. J. H. Oaklanid, S. C. Aug. 15 1903. Not Over-Wise. There is an oldi allegorical picture of a girl scared at a grass-hopper, but in the act of heedfessness treading on a snake. This is paralleled by the man who spends a large sumn of money build ing cyclone cellar, but neglects to -pro vide his family with a bottle of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints, whose victims outnumber those of the cyclone a hundred to one. This remedy is everywhere recognised' as the most prompt and reliable medi cine in use for these diseases. For sale th; by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac pC M. Loryca, Prop. FARMERS WILL FIGHT THE TRUST BY hil BOYCOTT. Resolve to Use No More Trust Tobacco and SO Urge Co-operation. y7 Forence, Aug. 12.-At te mass meet ing of the citizens of the County of Flor- Si. ence held at the court house on the 11th be inst., as reported, yesterday the follow ing resolutions were unanimously pass- dib ed: Resolved, 1st. Tha.t we will not purchase any ho manufactured tobacco or cigars put on the market by the Tobacco Trust; or , any other goods manufactured by the, Trust where other manufactured by in dependent concerns can be purchased . instead, regardless of any drop in the price on the part of the Trusts. 2nd. That the chairman of this organ ization ap~point a committee of three to bo visit all the merchants of Florence to urge on them not to purchase or sell any Trusts manufactured tobacco. or oter Trusts goods wvhere others can be purchased. 3rd. That the chairman appoint a committee of three to prepare a comn- T plete list of all tobacco products manu factured by the Trusts and that these WD lists be given to the press. .to 4th. That the chair appoint a commit tee of three in each township to solicit membership in this organization. 5th. That this meeting urge on all other communities to perfect organiza tions looking to co-operate with us on these lines. -"1 th. That a committee be appointed su b the Chair to confer with the mer cants of Florence looking to making Pc arrangents to procure the sale of oil from independent companies. th( 7th. That these resolutions be given to the papers ot Florence. to the State, F News and Courier, and the Columbia Record, and that all the county news papers be especially requested to copy The farmers of North Carolina are al ready moving along this line and if they stick to their resolutions there is al ~romise of an interesting time ahead. -Florence Times. ALL MINISTERS should rememb~er we give a liberal quantity of the Long man & Ma:.-tinez Pure Paints, toward. the painting of Churches, parsonages, ml or institutions supported by voluntary cont~ibutions. NOTE: Have done so for twenty-seven years. Sales: Tens of millions of gal lons painted nearly two million houses , under guarantee to repaint if not satis factory. The paint wyears for periods up to cighiteen years. Linseed Oil must be added 1to the roaint. (done mi two minutes). Actual Lost then about $1.25 a gallon. Samples~ free. Sold by our Agents. The 1t. li. Loryea Drug Store. A married woman is disappointed when she starts away for a two weeks visit unless her husband looks heart broken. Bea the ~The Kind YHae Always Bought p3 01 We are under many obligations to the good people of Manning and Clarendon county for the scores of nice things said about us during the few days of our pilgrimage in the mercantile world and we promise them to try and conduct our bus- cl iness in such a way that our fair and square deal- p: Mz ings with the public in the days ahead of us will add yet more laurels to our untiring efforts to M= please. We have opened up to stay and expect to con duct a legitimate business all of our own. Noth- B ing but high class, honest merchandise from the t( best markets of the .world shall ever grace our counters, and what we sell you we stand back of it to make satisfied customers. That's what we want. We sell to sell again. We spent fifteen days of hard work in the great market centres hunting for merchandise to sell at the very lowest possible prices and we were - on there early in the season before any advance 1 in goods went into effect. We have thousands of dollars worth of goods and more arriving every day-all brand new 1 Z goods, and we know it will be to your advantage to see us. sr It is needless to tell you that we must sell these goods, for we will need the money and if prices will get it it is ours. c Don't spend your money with those who do not need it and do not appreciate your business. M We want your business and will do all in our power to make it pleasant while you are in our store. M" Come and you are welcome. Glad to show you. Yours anxious for business, Mutual Dry Goods Company. E. C. HORTON, JR. W. M. TURNER. L. R. McINTOSH. T. M. WELLS. The New Store. White Front. Levi Block. I am proud to announce to the people of Manning and vicinity t I have moved over into my new store on the Levi block, op ite the express office, where polite attention awaits all. My friends and patrons are cordially invited to come and in et the largest and most complete stock of Furniture ever ex ited in Manning. Ladies are especially invited to inspect the many beautiful all Lid oak, piano polished Bed Room Suits, rare beauties; worth r time seeing them. The line of Sideboards and Chiffoniers you will find in my )re are examples of beauty and elegance. Don't fail to see them ore they are all gone. . .F Something newv in Cheviol Suits and Josephine Dressers. La 3 of taste and style never fail to have one of those Suits in their s. Something elegant in Lounges and Couches. You will find them in my store to suit your taste and pocket Rugs and Matting. The greatest variety of those goods ever carried in Manning. ore is not much left in my store--only about 150 rolls. Don't it; time is money. Come and get enough to fit up your house suit your feet. h Pictures and Picture Frames. The -most beautiful ever seen in Manning. "The Coons," 'he Irish Woman," "In Love," "Friends" and "The Lord's per" are the leading subjects. A great assortment of other. traits. You cannot appreciate them unless you see them. Lace Curtains, Window Shades and Curtain Poles talk for ~mselves. ~ockers, Rockers, Rockers.. Sixty-two styles in this line, from 50c up. Mirrors, any size cut to order.I Crockery Riid Furilurle llardWare.< Don't forget to come to my G3raphophone Concerts every eve g from 6 to 6:30 p. mn.- The latest songs and band music. Thanking you in advance for your patronage, I am yours to please, T IlE FURNITURE MAN. Levi Block, Next to anybody, Solid as rock, To please everybody. W to To have our goods right for their intended purpose and our ices are ]ower than the same goods can be obtained elsewhere. We handle the same goods handled by other merchants, only ir prices are LOWER. - If we failed to do as we say, we would lose your confidence, id under no circumstances do we wish to lose that. Will say again that we sell our goods at LOWER PRICES tan you can imagine. We need the room, as Mrs. Hirschmann is New York and some new bargains are coming in, so don't lose i1 time, but come and see for yourself. It will pay you to come the Postoffice Block, to HIRSCHMANN'S STORE. It's BEAUTIFUL SUMER GOODS ou want now and that's exactly what we have for you. We have the goods and ask about half what other mer iants ask. Then, why pay others so much more than you need ly us? Let us show you throagh our line next time you are in town. MILLINERY as to go as we have our store enlarged and don't want. the dust ruin our pretty Hats, so come and -get your Hat for half you ill pay elsewhere. D. HIRSCHMANN, Next Door to Postoffice. THE PRESCIPTION DRUG STORE. Our first and foremost effort was to make our Prescription Department complete, thils we ve accomplished. The purchasing of our other lies of stock has been solely with a view to ase our customers. oIAXaS. Our purpose is to car the very best standard CIGARS on the market; also a high grade of aoking and Chewing Tobacco. We have a nice line of Writing Pnper and an assortment of extra nice Box Paper We carry a nice line of Toilet Articles and have in stock such helps in the sick room as Feed Ps, A gs H Wate Ba etv Ps such surgical appliances as Bandages, Absorbent ton, AtisecGauz and =desiv lster Come and see us. we are near the depot rih n touch with the telegraph olffec.eexrs Ice, the p tabl We are the centre of the business life s - anity in the world. We will d our best to please you. APERS & 00., Prop's Prescription Drug Store, SUMMERTON, S. C. lood Things - Good Things to Eat, Good Things to Wear. Good Things at the LOWEST PRICES. SPECIA L- PRICES )n Dress Goods, Millinery Goods and Low jut Shoes for the next TWO WEEKS. Lots said in few words, but Bargains. is that we offer you for the next two weeks. OOME TO SEE UCS. Avant Mercantile Co., SUMMERTON, S. C. Nill 4>M n When you are in need of Belting, Oils, Lace Leather, Valves, 'ittings of any kind I will make it to your interest to c~all on- me. Housekeepers, I can now offer you Stoves and Ranges at any price. Crockery, Table Cutlery, Scissors and Shears, Fruit Jars. iverything to please you and the prices, right. -IQUSE BUIL DER S, Keep your eye on my stock of Paints and Oils, Locks, Hinges, in and Nails. Everything you may need in the way of Fine aws, Hatchets and Hammers. .Sportsmen, I now have the prettiest, largest and best stock of Guns that is ever been in town. *Also Shells, Shot, Primers and Powder. Call on me and be treated right. J. F. DICKSON, Next Door to Levi's. -ook to Your Interest. Here we are, still in the lead, and why suffer with your eyes when you a be suited with a pair of Spectacles with SO little trouble? We carry the Celebrated HIAWKES Spnectacles and Glasses, hieh we are offering very cheap, from 25c to $2.50 and Gold Frames at $3 $6. Call and be suited. W. M. BROCKINTON.